Enter text on your Apple TV

Use your remote to enter text on your Apple TV

To enter text, you can use the remote that came with your Apple TV. Just find a text field to get started. You can also use the following sections to find different types of onscreen keyboards or to enter accented and case-sensitive letters.

Find different kinds of onscreen keyboards

With your remote, select a text field on your Apple TV.

Wait for an onscreen keyboard to appear. Below it, look for keyboard options like these:

abc: Lowercase keyboard

ABC: Uppercase keyboard

123: Numeric keyboard (appears only when available)

#+-: Symbol keyboard

Recent: Keyboard that shows recently used email addresses, search terms, and more (appears only when available)

Highlight the keyboard option that you want to use. To select the keyboard, use the instructions for your model of remote:

Want to quickly switch between different types of keyboards, like uppercase and lowercase? Just press on your remote. If you have an Apple TV 4K or Apple TV HD, this shortcut switches between uppercase and lowercase keyboards only.

Enter accented or case-sensitive letters with your remote

Highlight a letter on your onscreen keyboard. With the instructions for your model of remote, select the letter:

Learn more

Apple TV ships with the same remote everywhere. In countries and regions that support Siri, the remote is called Siri Remote. Elsewhere, it’s called Apple TV Remote. Siri works on either remote as long as your Apple TV is set up with a language and country or region that supports Siri.

Siri and Dictation send information, such as voice input and location, to Apple to process requests. Voice input from spelling dictation of user names and passwords won't be sent.